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We've curated 86 cybersecurity statistics about Retail to help you understand how threats like payment fraud, data breaches, and evolving consumer privacy practices are changing the landscape of retail security in 2025.

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Retail firms average 10 days to remediate exposures.

Intruder5/27/2026
RemediationVulnerability Management

83% of organizations in crypto and decentralized finance, 79% in retail, and 76% in manufacturing experienced cyber attacks.

Sygnia5/27/2026
Sector RiskCyber Attacks

The top three targeted sectors by ransomware victims were manufacturing (1,284), business services (824), and retail (682).

Fortinet5/27/2026
RansomwareManufacturing

Retail has 10% consumer trust

Thales5/27/2026
ConsumerConsumer Trust

Nearly 90% of retail and hospitality CISOs expect spending on AI-related security initiatives to rise, often through reallocating existing budgets rather than adding new funds.

Retail & Hospitality Information Sharing and Analysis Center (RH-ISAC) and IANS5/27/2026
HospitalityAI Security Initiatives

In 2025, security spending increased from 0.57% to 0.75% of revenue in the retail and hospitality industry.

Retail & Hospitality Information Sharing and Analysis Center (RH-ISAC) and IANS5/27/2026
HospitalityIT Budgeting

Legacy Windows operating systems are most prevalent in retail (39%), healthcare (35%), and financial services (29%).

Forescout5/27/2026
Legacy SystemsHealthcare

70% of retail and hospitality CISOs report that AI has been added to their scope of responsibility.

Retail & Hospitality Information Sharing and Analysis Center (RH-ISAC) and IANS5/27/2026
HospitalityAI

71% of retail and hospitality CISOs identify AI as a primary concern, citing risks such as data leakage, insider misuse, and insufficient governance controls.

Retail & Hospitality Information Sharing and Analysis Center (RH-ISAC) and IANS5/27/2026
HospitalityAI

54% of retail and hospitality CISOs expect budget increases in 2026.

Retail & Hospitality Information Sharing and Analysis Center (RH-ISAC) and IANS5/27/2026
HospitalitySecurity Spending

In 2025, IT spending rose from 3.2% to 3.9% of revenue in the retail and hospitality industry.

Retail & Hospitality Information Sharing and Analysis Center (RH-ISAC) and IANS5/27/2026
HospitalityIT Budgeting

35% of retail and hospitality CISOs plan to increase full-time security staff in 2026.

Retail & Hospitality Information Sharing and Analysis Center (RH-ISAC) and IANS5/27/2026
HospitalitySecurity Staff

41% of respondents report using AI pentesting, and it appears in the top five most-adopted tools for fintech, manufacturing, and retail.

Intruder5/27/2026
MidmarketAI Pen Testing

E-commerce and retail accounted for roughly 20% of agentic browser traffic.

DataDome5/27/2026
AI TrafficAgentic Browser Traffic

The most impacted industries by ransomware in LATAM were retail, wholesale and distribution; agriculture and food and beverage production; and health care providers and services.

Intel4715/27/2026
LATAMRansomware

Among retail Pindrop customers, non-live fraud increased 56% month-over-month in November 2025.

Pindrop2/9/2026
FraudAI Fraud

Live retail fraud dropped by 69% month-over-month in November 2025 while non-live fraud rises.

Pindrop2/9/2026
FraudAI Fraud

Email scams in retail increased by approximately 50% and in tech by approximately 85% as the holidays approached in 2025.

McAfee11/29/2025
ConsumerEmail scams

44% of retailers reported experiencing a significantly higher volume of attacks in 2025.

LevelBlue11/16/2025
Cyber attacks

60% of retail executives indicated that their cybersecurity team is integrated with lines of business.

LevelBlue11/16/2025
Cybersecurity team